Installation

'Color Phase' is a series of site specific installations made from colored construction paper and a pair of stereo phasing mini RGB spotlights.

Materials and space for version above : colored construction paper and 2 color mini spotlights on matte black background in a dark room.

Dimensions are variable but in the example above the 5 panels of colored paper = 3' 9" x 1'.

Video documentation by Fana Feng

Detail of a set up for 'Color Phase'. Color construction paper on matte black background.

'Surface Patterns' 2016

’Surface Patterns’ is an installation that alters our perception of space by activating subtle subconscious sensations through haptic stimulation to move the participant gradually through a range of states.

'Surface Patterns' 2016

It consists of a square white two tiered wooden platform with two steps on all sides placed inside a dark space.

'Surface Patterns' 2016

As the individual stands on the platform the system comes alive as an object set in motion. A series of precomposed stereo vibrations begin to sound from below their feet and two rings of warm white light emanate around them as sympathetic resonance to reinforce the movement of the vibrations. Beginning from a place of quiet contemplation the waves move slowly towards more intense interference patterns transferring the kinetic energy up through the body to create a dynamic sense of movement and directly affect a persons consciousness.

'Small Surface Patterns' 2016

'Small Surface Patterns' is a site specific condensed single channel version of 'Surface Patterns' created for Wavefarm's WGXC benefit festival 'The Lodge' in Roundhill, NY Aug 2016. It utilizes inaudible low frequency sine waves composed as vibration within a small wooden box that the audience holds in their hands. The vibrations are composed to move the participant through a range of states and create the allusion of movement within a tiny space.

'Wave Stand' 2015

'Wave Stand' is a square wooden 25" x 26" x 4 1/2" platform that the audience stands on. There are two tactile transducers underneath the platform that output an inaudible ultra low frequency sine wave composition that is felt through their feet. The sine waves are tuned to specific frequency relationships to create binaural beating patterns that are meant to effect brain wave patterns to specific alpha, delta and theta states associated with things such as meditation, rem and anxiety.

'Stream / Train' 2015

’Stream / Train’ is one iteration of a series of handheld vibration boxes that utilize field recordings of actual spaces. It was created as an attempt to capture movement inside a simple tiny vibrating wooden box. With these, the field recordings of objects and places are edited to remove all the sound aside from the sub audible bass frequencies so you are only left with how a space or movement feels. This was done to expressly to see if it was possible to convey a sense of place or movement simply through touch. This version was for two boxes, one with a contact mic recording of a subway commute and another of a stream upstate.